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Gerald Laird

Gerald Lee Laird

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 13, 1979 in Westminster, CA
High School: Westlake HS (Westlake Village, CA)
School: Cypress College (Cypress, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 1, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 2003
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Tigers/Cardinals 2003-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.077, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras, previously: Alan Meersand [*]
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1999	19	OAK-min	A-	60	265	228	45	65	7	2	2	39	10	5	28	43	.285	.361	.360	.721		82	4	2	2	5	0		SOR · NORW
2000	20	OAK-min	A+,Rk	47	178	153	24	40	5	1	0	22	9	2	20	34	.261	.348	.307	.656		47	6	2	0	3	0		VIS,ATH · CALL,ARIZ
2001	21	OAK-min	A+	119	511	443	71	113	13	5	5	46	10	9	48	101	.255	.337	.341	.678		151	9	10	4	6	1		MOD · CALL
2002	22	TEX-min	AA	123	503	442	70	122	21	4	11	67	8	6	45	95	.276	.343	.416	.759		184	14	5	1	10	1		TUL · TL
2003	23	TEX-min	AAA	99	385	338	50	88	20	5	9	42	9	3	37	61	.260	.344	.429	.773		145	7	7	1	2	4		OKC · PCL
2003	23	TEX	AL	19	50	44	9	12	2	1	1	4	0	0	5	11	.273	.360	.432	.792	100	19	2	1	0	0	0	2
2004	24	TEX-min	AAA	6	24	22	2	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	8	.182	.250	.273	.523		6	1	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2004	24	TEX	AL	49	168	147	20	33	6	0	1	16	0	1	12	35	.224	.287	.286	.572	46	42	5	2	4	3	0	2
2005	25	TEX-min	AAA,Rk	83	346	307	55	92	14	6	17	58	13	2	30	63	.300	.371	.550	.922		169	6	6	1	2	1		OKC,RGS · PCL,ARIZ
2005	25	TEX	AL	13	42	40	7	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	7	.225	.262	.350	.612	58	14	1	0	0	0	0	2/9
2006	26	TEX	AL	78	260	243	46	72	20	1	7	22	3	1	12	54	.296	.332	.473	.805	105	115	7	2	1	2	0	2/D9
2007	27	TEX	AL	120	448	407	48	91	18	3	9	47	6	2	30	103	.224	.278	.349	.627	64	142	3	2	5	4	1	*2/7
2008	28	TEX-min	AAA	4	17	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.000	.176	.000	.176		0	0	2	0	2	0		OKC · PCL
2008	28	TEX	AL	95	381	344	54	95	24	0	6	41	2	4	23	63	.276	.329	.398	.727	92	137	5	6	4	4	2	2/D5
2009	29	DET	AL	135	477	413	49	93	23	2	4	33	5	0	40	68	.225	.306	.320	.626	65	132	11	10	10	4	0	*2/3
2010	30	DET	AL	89	299	270	22	56	11	0	5	25	3	1	18	57	.207	.263	.304	.567	53	82	7	3	6	2	0	2
2011	31	STL-min	AAA	2	9	7	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.429	.556	.571	1.127		4	0	0	0	0	0		MEM · PCL
2011	31	STL	NL	37	108	95	11	22	7	1	1	12	1	1	9	19	.232	.302	.358	.660	82	34	3	1	2	1	3	2/3D
2012	32	DET	AL	16	42	38	8	12	2	0	2	4	0	0	2	2	.316	.341	.526	.868	135	20	2	0	1	1	0	2
10 Yrs				651	2275	2041	274	495	115	8	37	208	20	10	153	419	.243	.301	.361	.662	74	737	46	27	33	21	6
162 Game Avg.				162	566	508	68	123	29	2	9	52	5	2	38	104	.243	.301	.361	.662	74	183	11	7	8	5	1

TEX (6 yrs)				374	1349	1225	184	312	72	5	25	134	11	8	84	273	.255	.306	.383	.689	79	469	23	13	14	13	3
DET (3 yrs)				240	818	721	79	161	36	2	11	62	8	1	60	127	.223	.292	.325	.617	64	234	20	13	17	7	0
STL (1 yr)				37	108	95	11	22	7	1	1	12	1	1	9	19	.232	.302	.358	.660	82	34	3	1	2	1	3

AL (9 yrs)				614	2167	1946	263	473	108	7	36	196	19	9	144	400	.243	.301	.361	.662	73	703	43	26	31	20	3
NL (1 yr)				37	108	95	11	22	7	1	1	12	1	1	9	19	.232	.302	.358	.660	82	34	3	1	2	1	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2003	23	TEX	AL	19	50	1	-0	-0	0	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.507	.501	0.3	0.1	3	$	2
2004	24	TEX	AL	49	168	-12	1	-0	6	3	-3	-0.2	6	2	0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	0.9	-4	$300,000	2
2005	25	TEX	AL	13	42	-1	-0	-0	-1	1	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	0.0	-0.0	0	$	2/9
2006	26	TEX	AL	78	260	2	-0	-0	1	4	6	0.6	9	14	1.4	.507	.503	1.3	0.5	13	$332,330	2/D9
2007	27	TEX	AL	120	448	-21	2	0	13	6	1	0.2	15	16	1.6	.501	.500	0.3	2.0	3	$400,322	*2/7
2008	28	TEX	AL	95	381	-3	-2	0	3	5	3	0.5	13	16	1.6	.503	.502	1.3	0.9	13	$1,600,000	2/D5
2009	29	DET	AL	135	477	-20	3	0	6	7	-3	-0.2	16	13	1.3	.498	.498	0.7	1.4	7	$2,800,000	*2/3
2010	30	DET	AL	89	299	-19	0	0	-3	4	-17	-1.7	10	-7	-0.8	.479	.489	-0.5	0.2	-4	$3,950,000	2
2011	31	STL	NL	37	108	-4	-1	-0	-2	1	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.484	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$1,000,000	2/3D
2012	32	DET	AL	16	42	2	0	-0	-1	1	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.511	.501	0.4	-0.0	4	$	2
10 Seasons				651	2275	-75	2	-1	22	33	-19	-1.4	76	57	5.6	.497	.499	3.4	6.0	35	$10,382,652

TEX (6 yrs)				374	1349	-35	-0	-1	22	19	5	1.0	46	51	5.1	.501	.501	2.9	4.4	29	$2,632,652
DET (3 yrs)				240	818	-37	3	0	2	12	-19	-1.7	28	9	0.8	.492	.496	0.6	1.6	7	$6,750,000
STL (1 yr)				37	108	-4	-1	-0	-2	1	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.484	.496	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$1,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	31	STL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	1	0	0	0
2011	31	STL	NL	NLCS	MIL	W	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2011	31	STL	NL	WS	TEX	W	2	0	0	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							4	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 NLDS							1	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							2	0	0	0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
2003	TEX	AL	23	C	16	12	11	111.0	74	65	8	1	2	.986	1	0	11	0	5.92	4.56	.991	6.79	6.72	1	4	4	3	43%	30%	0
2004	TEX	AL	24	C	49	46	42	397.0	299	275	19	5	6	.983	3	6	9	18	6.66	6.00	.992	7.12	7.07	6	11	17	14	45%	32%	1
2005	TEX	AL	25	C	13	11	9	99.0	69	61	5	3	2	.957	-1	-1	-12	-12	6.00	5.08	.992	6.79	6.72	1	3	8	3	27%	30%	0
2005	TEX	AL	25	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	0	-120	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
2005	TEX	AL	25	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	0	-120	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
2006	TEX	AL	26	C	71	65	63	578.1	428	392	30	6	5	.986	6	2	12	4	6.57	5.94	.992	7.09	6.99	5	15	25	21	46%	30%	0
2006	TEX	AL	26	DH	1	0
2006	TEX	AL	26	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1	-420	-600	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.30
2006	TEX	AL	26	RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1	-420	-600	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
2007	TEX	AL	27	C	119	114	104	987.1	762	675	75	12	13	.984	9	13	11	16	6.84	6.30	.991	7.28	7.20	9	33	59	39	40%	27%	1
2007	TEX	AL	27	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
2007	TEX	AL	27	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
2008	TEX	AL	28	C	88	86	80	753.0	566	523	35	8	7	.986	-1	3	-2	5	6.67	6.34	.991	7.26	7.19	6	30	53	21	28%	27%	0
2008	TEX	AL	28	DH	5	4
2008	TEX	AL	28	3B	2	1	1	10.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	24	0	2.70	1.50	.957	2.70	2.70
2009	DET	AL	29	C	135	123	111	1090.1	925	844	78	3	7	.997	14	6	15	7	7.61	6.83	.992	7.48	7.39	9	36	59	42	42%	26%	2
2009	DET	AL	29	1B	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	9.00	9.00
2010	DET	AL	30	C	87	76	64	670.2	573	516	52	5	5	.991	2	-3	4	-5	7.62	6.53	.990	7.44	7.37	5	34	58	30	34%	26%	0
2011	STL	NL	31	C	31	22	18	213.0	197	182	12	3	1	.985	0	-2	0	-11	8.20	6.26	.992	7.98	7.96	3	6	16	4	20%	28%	0
2011	STL	NL	31	1B	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	9.00	9.30
2011	STL	NL	31	DH	1	0
2012	DET	AL	32	C	13	12	10	101.0	77	73	4	0	0	1.000	0	-1	6	-12	6.86	5.92	.992	7.83	7.81	1	2	11	3	21%	27%	0
	10 Seasons			C	622	567	512	5000.2	3970	3606	318	46	48	.988	33	23	8	5	7.06	6.31	.991	7.33	7.26	46	174	310	180	37%	27%	4
	3 Seasons			OF	3	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1	-240	-300	0.00	0.00		2.48	2.30
	2 Seasons			1B	2	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	9.00	1.00	.990	9.00	9.15
	1 Season			3B	2	1	1	10.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	24	0	2.70	1.50	.957	2.70	2.70
	2 Seasons			RF	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-1	-320	-400	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.15
	1 Season			LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
	10 Seasons			TOT	629	568	513	5016.2	3975	3608	321	46	49	.988	33	21	8	5	7.05	6.25	.991	7.32	7.23	46	174	310	180	37%	27%	4
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2007 AL 2.0 (7th) Active 6.0 (48th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2009 AL 10 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2009 AL 10 (8th)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 2009 AL 135 (1st) Active 622 (18th)
Putouts as C s c a p y 2009 AL 844 (4th) Active 3,606 (20th)	Assists as C s c a p y 2007 AL 75 (1st) 2009 AL 78 (1st) 2010 AL 52 (3rd) Active 318 (15th)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 2007 AL 12 (2nd) 2008 AL 8 (5th) Active 46 (8th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 2007 AL 9 (3rd) 2009 AL 9 (2nd) Active 46 (8th)
Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y Active 310 (18th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 2007 AL 39 (2nd) 2009 AL 42 (1st) 2010 AL 30 (3rd) Active 180 (10th)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 2006 AL 45.7 (2nd) 2007 AL 39.8 (4th) 2009 AL 41.6 (2nd) Active 36.7 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y 2006 AL 6 (2nd) 2007 AL 9 (3rd) 2009 AL 14 (1st) Active 33 (5th) Career 33 (34th)
Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y 2009 AL 7.61 (5th) Active 7.06 (22nd) Career 7.06 (59th)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y Active 6.31 (23rd) Career 6.31 (61st)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 2009 AL .997 (1st) Active .988 (22nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 2 (2724), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 1, 1999.
January 14, 2002: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Jason Hart, Ryan Ludwick and Mario Ramos to the Texas Rangers for Carlos Pena and Mike Venafro.
December 7, 2008: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Detroit Tigers for Carlos Melo (minors) and Guillermo Moscoso.
November 1, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
November 18, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	24	Texas Rangers	$300,000	4/7/04 AP

2006	26	Texas Rangers	$332,330
2007	27	Texas Rangers	$400,322
2008	28	Texas Rangers	$1,600,000
2009	29	Detroit Tigers	$2,800,000
2010	30	Detroit Tigers	$3,950,000
2011	31	St. Louis Cardinals	$1,000,000

2012	32	Detroit Tigers	$1,000,000
2013 Status		Free Agent, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$10,382,652	Does not include future salaries

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